Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Prime Minister of Luxembourg
27 September 2012, Thursday
Official meeting between President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker was held at the Kazan Kremlin within the official visit of the Luxembourg delegation to Russian Federation.
Prime Minister of Luxembourg thanked the Tatarstan President for warm reception in Kazan.
“I have read a lot about your beautiful city, and I wanted to see it with my own eyes. Here the past is consistent with the present making a sound foundation for the future,” Jean-Claude Juncker said.
The Tatarstan President said that Prime Minister of Luxembourg set ambitious tasks for developing cooperation. “We should demonstrate good results. We have held a number of meetings and the visit of a large delegation of Luxembourg businessmen to Tatarstan is being planned,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.
Head of republic thanked Jean-Claude Juncker for visiting Kazan.
Rustam Minnikhanov believes that the present visit of Prime Minister of Luxembourg to Russia will consolidate relationships between the two countries.
“We should expand our relationships. Tatarstan and Luxembourg have great potential for interaction in various spheres. Our Government and Luxembourg leadership should create all conditions for developing business contacts,” President of Tatarstan said.
Jean-Claude Juncker believes that Luxembourg companies will make a considerable contribution to Tatarstan’s development.
On 15 December, speaking at a meeting of the competition committee of the regional public competition “The Manager of the Year” about its results in 2025, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the list of 155 participants (nominees), who are heads of enterprises and organizations from various industries and sectors of the economy, for the competition was formed based on recommendations from regional ministries and departments, city and district municipalities, employers' associations and the Federation of Trade Unions of the republic.
On 6 December speaking at a regional meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatullin reported about progress in implementation of the of multi-apartment houses capital overhaul programme.
On 5 December, congratulating volunteers with the International Volunteers Day, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva wrote in her address: “
Your boundless kindness, sincere desire to help others and active civic position deserve special recognition and deep gratitude. There are over 5,000 volunteer associations operating successfully in Tatarstan, with a total membership of over 220,000 caring people of all ages and professions. Every year the contribution of volunteers into public life of the republic becomes more noticeable.
On 4 December Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Shamil Gafarov, who is the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic, took part in a strategic session on the establishment of an inter-university campus in the republic being held at the Kazan Aircraft University on 4-6 December with participation of more than 100 people and more than 40 experts in politics, economy, science, education and industry from all over Russia.